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for lance armstrong in terms of his money. i'm not surprised because look, cycling is the dirtiest sport you could possibly imagine in terms of blood doping. and one of the problems is that as recently as the 1980s everything that is illegal now was legal. so everybody that today's cyclists grew up watching, there were blood doping, they were trying to oxygenate their blood. you have your blood removed from your body and put in several large bags and then reinjected into your body. which doesn't really seem like cheating if you think about it. it is your blood but apparently it is both dangerous don't try that at home, kids. also, it is something that helps you breathe which is a good thing in sports, when you have to bike up the side of the pyrenees. >> john: i think that's what the stones did in switzerland back in '72. i'm with you dave. i'm boggled. when you consider the amount of people out there who want to sue lance armstrong for defamation and slander. this admission by armstrong could do more than clear his conscience
for lance armstrong in terms of his money. i'm not surprised because look, cycling is the dirtiest sport you could possibly imagine in terms of blood doping. and one of the problems is that as recently as the 1980s everything that is illegal now was legal. so everybody that today's cyclists grew up watching, there were blood doping, they were trying to oxygenate their blood. you have your blood removed from your body and put in several large bags and then reinjected into your body. which...
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let's start with lance armstrong. did we learn anything last night from oprah we didn't already know? >> no. i mean, you know he came across. i thought it was interesting. he is clearly desperately trying to rehabitate his image to show that, you know, whatever. it's like a 12-step program that he is sort of playing out here. >> yeah. >> he is apologizing to everyone. and then i found it very odd and very telling, particularly when he was talking about frankie andrews' wife, betsy and he mentioned that, you know but he never called her fat. he admitted the other words. i thought it was strange. i thought it was strange when he mentioned the massa of euse. he called her a prostitute an an alcoholic. it was sort of a light apology. you know what i mean? i didn't really see it as a deep thing. i don't think there was anything new to it. >> in light of some of those comments, and i, watching scott pelley earlier in the week who had interviewed some of -- some of his teammates. >> like tyler hamilton. >> some of the things
let's start with lance armstrong. did we learn anything last night from oprah we didn't already know? >> no. i mean, you know he came across. i thought it was interesting. he is clearly desperately trying to rehabitate his image to show that, you know, whatever. it's like a 12-step program that he is sort of playing out here. >> yeah. >> he is apologizing to everyone. and then i found it very odd and very telling, particularly when he was talking about frankie andrews' wife,...
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where does this story rank in regards to the lance armstrong or hall of fame steroid story? >> if there is anybody tonight more upset than the legions of notre dame football fans, it is oprah winfrey. [ laughter ] i heard she was doing an interview with somebody but i can barely remember what his name was. he rode a bike or something. >> john: has lance has to be relieved by this. he's not the weirdest story in sports anymore. >> i said that to somebody close to lance armstrong and they said what are you talking about? one of the reasons he's coming back is he misses the attention. he might be as upset as oprah. never underestimate how people who are in the public eye become addicted to the warm glow of attention. but manatee at manti te'o, if you listen closely, you can hear the big sucking sound of attention in the sports world. it is all located on manti te'o. i've been covering sports for a number of years. i've covered stories that are more political more touching, more important to the body politic, more exciting. i have never covered anything this bizarre and that's w
where does this story rank in regards to the lance armstrong or hall of fame steroid story? >> if there is anybody tonight more upset than the legions of notre dame football fans, it is oprah winfrey. [ laughter ] i heard she was doing an interview with somebody but i can barely remember what his name was. he rode a bike or something. >> john: has lance has to be relieved by this. he's not the weirdest story in sports anymore. >> i said that to somebody close to lance...
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lance armstrong needs to ride his bicycle into the sunset and stay in the bicycle lane. at least the bicycle lane is legal and honest. yeah. the less we hear about lance armstrong from now on, the better. >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." [ ♪ theme ♪ ] >> bill: hey hello everybody. it is tuesday january 15. good to see you today. welcome to the "full court press." here on current tv. pardon me. coming to you all across this great land of ours from our studio on capitol hill in washington, d.c. bringing you up to date on the news of the day. not all of it from washington. in fact, new york state has become the first state to act in the wake of last month's newtown, connecticut mass murder of innocence. new york adopting last night the toughest crackdown in the nation on assault weapons on ammunition clips and background checks and other states like maryland are soon to follow. so if congress does not act on gun violence, governors have indicated they will. they will act. we'll bring you up to date on the latest plus a whole lot more. first, here's today's c
lance armstrong needs to ride his bicycle into the sunset and stay in the bicycle lane. at least the bicycle lane is legal and honest. yeah. the less we hear about lance armstrong from now on, the better. >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." [ ♪ theme ♪ ] >> bill: hey hello everybody. it is tuesday january 15. good to see you today. welcome to the "full court press." here on current tv. pardon me. coming to you all across this great land of ours from...
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this is clearly, i think, in keeping with lance armstrong's code. >> i am so over lance armstrong. >> this is a crash course in what not to do in crisis management. if you crew up, own it. get out in front. get it past you and move on. he has dragged this out for so long and if he doesn't give a full confession, it's only going to drag out longer. >> they are billing it as a limited confession. is he trying to get like a contributorship on fox news? i don't quite understand you know. >> bill: i don't get it. all right. now, here in our nation's capitol, the battle continues, a big story, over the nomination of president obama's nomination last week, a week ago today when he nominated chuck hagel as his next secretary of defense. that dominated the sunday talk shows. before we get into it, the one who made the most headlines on this, not john mccain. the idea that every sunday talk show feels that they have to book john mccain every sunday is -- i am so sick of it. common. you know he will say something crazy but he is crazy. why keep booking him. >> for sure. >> so didn't make any new
this is clearly, i think, in keeping with lance armstrong's code. >> i am so over lance armstrong. >> this is a crash course in what not to do in crisis management. if you crew up, own it. get out in front. get it past you and move on. he has dragged this out for so long and if he doesn't give a full confession, it's only going to drag out longer. >> they are billing it as a limited confession. is he trying to get like a contributorship on fox news? i don't quite understand...
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. >> i'm sure you all have heard that lance armstrong admitted to oprah winfrey that he used performance-enhancing drugs. armstrong's former teammate and whistleblower filed a lawsuit in 2010 claiming that armstrong defrauded the government by taking sponsorship money from the u.s. postal service. the justice department has until thursday to decide whether or not it wants to join the lawsuit. "politico" reports that the postal service gave armstrong's cycling people more than $30 million. if armstrong loses the lawsuit against him, he could be required to pay three times that amount. landes filed the suit on behalf of the government. there is a lot of reason to dislike wal-mart but they are doing some good today. it plans to hire every veteran who wants a job as long as he or she left the military in this past year and was honorably discharged. we're back after the break. stay with us. ♪ right have, about the "heavy hand of government" ... i want to have that conversation. let's talk about it. really? you're going to lay people off because now the government is going to help you fund your health
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we are going to talk to geoff moore from buzz feed about lance armstrong's pseudo confession yesterday. and congresswoman january schikowski one of our favorite liberals in the congress here in studio with us. president obama and vice president poised to annoyance recommendations to the nation at 11:55 this center. a preview of what's coming up. but first: this is the full court press. >> on this wednesday, other headlines making news president obama is getting new license plates for all of his cars. the white house announcing yesterday he is having the dc taxation without representation license plates put on the official presidential limousine to stand in solidarity with dc residents who pay taxes but don't get representation in congress. he did not have the plates on his cars in his first term. george bush, the president did not have them during any of his eight years, but president bill clinton did. >> as a dc resident, i have a few things to say to president obama. number 1, thank you for recognizing that basically people live in the nation's capitol real col onnists who pay taxes
we are going to talk to geoff moore from buzz feed about lance armstrong's pseudo confession yesterday. and congresswoman january schikowski one of our favorite liberals in the congress here in studio with us. president obama and vice president poised to annoyance recommendations to the nation at 11:55 this center. a preview of what's coming up. but first: this is the full court press. >> on this wednesday, other headlines making news president obama is getting new license plates for all...
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the big interview last night lance armstrong and oprah. and you ruined it for me. he was doping? oh, chris. [ buzzer ] >> sorry. >> you really don't get out of the house, do you? >> stephanie: here he is. >> did you ever take banned substances to enhance your cycling performance? >> yes. >> did you ever blood dope or use blood transfusions to enhance your cycling performance? >> yes. >> in all seven of your tour de france victories did you ever take banned substances or blood dope? >> yes. >> that was in the first three minutes, and it's like okay. why do i need to watch the next three hours. >> stephanie: jacki what did you think? everybody already knows. do you think he accomplished anything? >> no, i don't underwhy now. and it is totally sociopathic. he is totally disconnected and the stories you are hearing about how he went out of his way to ruin the people who called him out on what he did -- >> yeah, he called them liars and tried to go after them. >> stephanie: yeah, all of this place out the same way, you are like how long to the tearful marianne jones type interview, bu
the big interview last night lance armstrong and oprah. and you ruined it for me. he was doping? oh, chris. [ buzzer ] >> sorry. >> you really don't get out of the house, do you? >> stephanie: here he is. >> did you ever take banned substances to enhance your cycling performance? >> yes. >> did you ever blood dope or use blood transfusions to enhance your cycling performance? >> yes. >> in all seven of your tour de france victories did you ever...
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. >> stephanie: nike might reunite with lance armstrong. [♪ "world news tonight" theme ♪] >> stephanie: really? >> just do it. >> stephanie: i saw a guy in my spinning class with a t-shirt that said i'm on it. because everyone wears those t-shirts just do it -- >> who is everyone chimosobi? >> stephanie: i don't know. just do it. charlie sheen is about to become a grandfather! >> how does that happen? >> stephanie: soon he is going to be too old to bend over to do the blow off of hookers -- what? how much do we love book of mormon, there might be a movie. dream cast justin bieber in the lead. i like it. >> [ inaudible ] should do it. now he's in the new normal. >> stephanie: not for film. we'll have to go with a lot younger people, because it's much closer -- >> oh, yeah. >> stephanie: can i give one last -- to our good friend jan schakowsky? god bless her. you hate that the best ideas in the world are not going to pass because we have such douche nozzles in congress. they will provide consumers the [ inaudible ] all of these republicans screaming about the deficit. the bill almost cer
. >> stephanie: nike might reunite with lance armstrong. [♪ "world news tonight" theme ♪] >> stephanie: really? >> just do it. >> stephanie: i saw a guy in my spinning class with a t-shirt that said i'm on it. because everyone wears those t-shirts just do it -- >> who is everyone chimosobi? >> stephanie: i don't know. just do it. charlie sheen is about to become a grandfather! >> how does that happen? >> stephanie: soon he is going...
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. >> stephanie: lance armstrong will reportedly admit he's dating jodie foster on oprah -- >> he will do no such thing. >> stephanie: i'm sorry. admit to doping. what? is he going to cry? what do you think? >> he probably will. >> stephanie: in the interview scheduled to air this thursday on own, he plans to admit to doping throughout his career but will probably not go into great detail. his admission carries with it the risk of being sued or held liable by those he defrauded about lying. interesting, they're saying that if he provided assistance to doping officials he could eventually be reinstated. but wouldn't he then be hold and undoped and not competitive? >> i don't know. i'm done with him. >> stephanie: are you? have you quit him? >> i quit him. >> stephanie: all right. [ ♪ "world news tonight" ♪ ] "gq" interview confirms that beyonce is crazy. gawker brings us the story. how can so much [ bleep ] crazy be contained? when in one two-page interview this is a question asked by all readers of "gq," miss millennium beyonce so you can read immediately and spend the day reflecti
. >> stephanie: lance armstrong will reportedly admit he's dating jodie foster on oprah -- >> he will do no such thing. >> stephanie: i'm sorry. admit to doping. what? is he going to cry? what do you think? >> he probably will. >> stephanie: in the interview scheduled to air this thursday on own, he plans to admit to doping throughout his career but will probably not go into great detail. his admission carries with it the risk of being sued or held liable by those...